I'm taking a break from Nemesis series to fill in some back story. Nazis taking over the modern world??? OK, I'm in! His books are a lot of fun, with some good characters that you really start to root for.

Audiobook notes: Phil Gigante did a great job, especially with the German phrases - either he's a native speaker or so good that he didn't even stumble on them. ( )

3.5 stars ( )

3.5 stars ( )

SecondWorld was OK. I thought the main characters were well developed and not too cookie-cutter and the story wasn't bad. In the hands of someone like Crichton (RIP), it would have been crafted much better.

In the book, WWII-era German scientists figure out a way to kill everyone on the planet so that a new world, SecondWorld, could be born. Seventy years later, the plan begins to unfold and only Lincoln Miller, a former SEAL, and a motley crew can save the day. ( )

There's nothing quite like a fast paced thriller to keep the blood pumping. Well, except perhaps a double shot of espresso washing down a hit of speed after an eightball. I think reading might be easier on the heart, though.

Jeremy Robinson's Secondworld has probably one of the more suspenseful openings I've read in a while. His hero, Lincoln Miller, is stuck underwater with no air left, only to surface and find no air to breath thanks to some mysterious red flakes soaking up the oxygen. If the lack of air wasn't bad enough, he's being hunted by a shark. Like I said, suspenseful.

Of course, no air, poisonous red flakes falling from the sky, sharks, that's just the beginning of a thriller that sees skin-heads and a Nazi plot started back at the end of the Second World War, trying to purify the world. Welcome to Secondworld.

Jeremy handles the plotting and pacing well, reminding me a lot of James Rollins. This book is a lot of fun and is very entertaining. My problem with the novel comes from some of the details that jarred me straight out of the story. To most readers this wouldn't be a problem, but for me it was. An example was a .38 Super revolver being referred to as a hand-cannon, something that is a stretch for a yoga master. These errors and the inclusion of an overly obvious ending - not to spoil it, but add cryogenics and Nazis together and what cliche do you get? - and I had to downgrade my score on what was an otherwise entertaining read. ( )